~ Day by day with RA …

Bye, Bye Bursitis

Yesterday was my check up with my rheumatologist. I actually like going to see her because she takes time to talk to me and listens to my issues. Rather than try to explain to her how I was feeling with the addition of Arava (feeling better, but fatigue was kicking my butt) I drew a graph that showed how much I had improved and that the “swings” between Enbrel injections had gotten better. There was a second line that showed “fatigue” falling off the charts. So she’s added folic acid to my mix with the goal of helping the fatigue and other side effects from the Arava. I took folic acid when I was on MTX, so hopefully, this will be helpful this time as well.

But the big news is that (cross my fingers) I can say “bye, bye!” to the bursitis in my left hip that has been bothering me since last fall. On occasion, it would get better, but it would never quite resolve itself. Then recently I have also been having issues where the IT band connects to the knee, which can also be related to the bursitis in my hip. So at yesterday’s appointment, my rheumy gave me a steroid injection. I hate getting those things, but when they work, they work wonders and I’m pleased to report that this morning, for the first time in many long months, no hip or knee pain.

Let’s just hope it lasts.

I hope things are looking up in your world as they are in mine. Thanks for checking in.

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4 thoughts on “Bye, Bye Bursitis”

Carla, that’s terrific news! I took folic acid when I was on MTX. When it became clear that my body just wasn’t going to tolerate the drug, he switched me to Arava. He told me to keep taking the folic acid, however, and I still do. I’ve never had any appreciable side effects from Arava except for hair shedding. And hey, the new hair came in curly! I hope the folic acid works for you to make the drug easier on your body.

Grand news on the bursitis front, too. Dang, I wish those injections worked for me.